Cherry Creek won both the 200 medley relay (1:50.19) and the 400 free relay (3:33.16). Grandview beat Arapahoe by .06 to win the 200 free relay in 1:38.59.

In the Metro East Brighton/Prairie View was far and away the best team in the tank, scoring 653 points. Northglenn was a distant second with 463 and Gateway was third with 367.5. It was the 11th consecutive league title for the Bulldogs.

In Loveland at the Mountain View Aquatic Center, defending 4A champion Thompson Valley won every single event except the 100 breaststroke and dominated the Northern League meet. The Eagles scored 674 and distanced themselves from second place Broomfield (498) and third place Niwot (425).

BoCo’s Pat Rooney was on hand for the whole story.

WRESTLING

It was also a good day on the mat for Thompson Valley. The Eagles sent six wrestlers to the finals and crowned three champions at Abraham Lincoln’s Les Mattocks Invitational. Thompson Valley scored 234 points. Chaparral was second with 160.5 and Lakewood third with 132.5.

Intriguing match of the finals was one-sided in favor of Valor Christian’s Chaz Polson at 170 pounds. Polson handed Legend’s Colton Fries his first loss of the season 5-0.

Brighton’s Invitational provided an exciting team finish. Coronado scored 151.5 points and held on to beat Cherokee Trail, which finished with 150. Defending 106 pound state champion Trent Watson improved to 37-0 this season with a 20-4 technical fall win over Brighton’s Tony Balderas. The only other champion for Coronado came at 170 pounds, Richard Cote pinned Brighton’s Cody Martin at 2:32.

At the 2013 Valley Classic, Paonia was awesome in amassing 302 points for the team victory. The team to beat in Class 2A crowind six individual champions: Jesse Reed (120 pounds), Bo Pipher (126), Ty Coates (145), Morgan Rieder (182), Tyler Kendall (195) and Tony Darling (Hwt.). Center finished a distant second and crowed three champions.

In a day where there were a myriad dual meets, the one that caught my eye was Ponderosa beating Broomfield 45-27. To break it down even further, at 145 pounds, Broomfield’s Phil Downing beat Torry Williams 5-0 in one great match. Ponderosa’s Dylan Gabel returned the favor for the victorious Mustangs at 170 pounds, pinning Top of the Rockies champion Zach Stodden at 3:00.

ICE HOCKEY

Aspen’s Sammy Rappaport and Arthur Kelso scored third period goals to break open a tight game against Cherry Creek help the Skiers to a 5-2 Foothills League win. Alex Parrish stopped 16-of-18 Bruins shots he faced.

Elsewhere in the Foothills: Tanner Ulland’s hat trick was more than enough for Resurrection Christian in its 6-0 trouncing of Kent Denver. The Cougars outshot the Sun Devils 57-15. … Dalton Linkus score with 2:30 to play in regulation and Chris Huitt scored with no time left on the clock for Standley Lake as the Gators erased a 5-3 Battle Mountain lead late and ultimately settled for a 5-5 overtime tie. Bjorn Bredeson scored twice for Battle Mountain. … Steamboat Springs outshot Dakota Ridge 45-28, but thanks to the Eagles’ Joey Dolce’s third period goal, could only head home with a 4-4 tie.

In the Peak League: Fountain Valley’s small roster is dangerous. The Danes, with just 12 skaters, got hat tricks from both Jakub Myska and Sage Marshall in a 8-3 whipping of Cheyenne Mountain. … Air Academy stayed near the top of the league standing with an easy 8-1 win over Bishop Machebeuf. The Kadets got two goals each from Connor Nash and Travis Work. … Tanner Gillis scored an unassited power-play goal in overtime to help Mountain Vista over Lewis-Palmer 3-2. … Valor Christian erupted for seven straight goals to break open a 2-2 game with Rampart and win 9-2. Donny Nordstrom and Caleb Vance each scored twice for the Eagles. … Connor Crory had three goals for Heritage and the Eagles stayed atop the league standing with a 6-2 win over Palmer.

BOYS BASKETBALL

The game of the day was down in Colorado Springs.

It would have been easy for the Sand Creek to get caught looking ahead to Tuesday’s Pikes Peak League showdown with No. 1 Lewis-Palmer, but the No. 4 unbeaten Scorpions welcomed in No. 3 Valor Christian on Saturday.

Behind 32 points from Josh Smith and 16 more from Langston Bell, the Scorpions upended the Eagles 76-61 and remained unbeaten at 16-0 this season.

Sand Creek coach Joe Rausch told the Colorado Springs Gazette after his team was trailing 20-13 after 1 quarter: “I knew they knew what they needed to do. They’ve been doing it all season.”

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Chalk up a huge win for Holyoke in the small school ranks. The Dragons beat Class 1A No. 1 Caliche 44-43 and handed the Buffaloes their first loss of the season.

Holyoke had yet to enter stats when this was written. Caliche got 18 points from sophomore Shayln Johnson and 11 more from junior Sami Morgan.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.